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  • From: "Tradingpost" <tradingpost@lobo.net>
  • To: livingontheland@lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: [Livingontheland] Food in Uncertain Times
  • Date: Fri, 22 Oct 2010 11:05:51 -0600


excerpt, very long article

Food in Uncertain Times: How to Grow and Store the 5 Crops You Need to Survive
Having food resiliency is as much about learning how to store and use food
properly as it is about growing it. The key is learning interdependence not
independence.
October 21, 2010 | By Makenna Goodman
http://www.alternet.org/food/148562/food_in_uncertain_times%3A_how_to_grow_and_store_the_5_crops_you_need_to_survive/

In an age of erratic weather and instability, it's increasingly important to
develop a greater self-reliance when it comes to food. And because of this,
more than ever before, farmers are developing new gardening techniques that
help achieve a greater resilience. Longtime gardener and scientist Carol
Deppe, in her new book The Resilient Gardener: Food Production and
Self-Reliance in Uncertain Times, offers a wealth of unique and expansive
information for serious home gardeners and farmers who are seeking optimistic
advice. Do you want to know more about the five crops you need to survive
through the next thousand years? What about tips for drying summer squash,
for your winter soups? Ever thought of keeping ducks on your land? Read on.

Makenna Goodman: Many gardeners (both beginners and more serious growers)
come across obstacles they might not have planned for. In your new book, The
Resilient Gardener: Food Production and Self-Reliance in Uncertain Times, you
talk about the need for real gardening techniques for both good times and
bad. What is the first step toward achieving this kind of resilience?

Carol Deppe: The basic issues are getting more control over our food, getting
lots higher quality and more delicious food, and enhancing the resilience of
our food supply. There are three ways to do that. The first is through local
buying patterns and trade. A second is through knowing how to store or
process food that is available locally, whether we grow it ourselves or not.
The third is gardening. In The Resilient Gardener, I talk as much about
storing and using food as growing it. I love gardening, but not everyone is
in a position to garden every year of their lives.






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